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Shelly Bay lost a chunk of land as Storm Riley lashed Bermuda over the weekend. The Hamilton Parish beach and playground was severely flooded by crashing waves and strong winds. A retaining wall was smashed at Coney Island bridge, while hundreds of p...

The Government Cashiers’ Office on the ground floor of the Government Administration Building has been closed because of flooding. According to spokesman, “work to restore the Cashiers’ office is under way and it is expected to be open tomorrow durin...

Jamaica has been hit by widespread flooding and a flash-flood warning has been issued for ten parishes, according to media reports. However, the president of the Jamaica Association of Bermuda said it was still too early to determine the full extent ...

Bermuda has experienced nearly double the usual amount of rain this month — but probably not enough to set a new January record. As of yesterday morning, the island had recorded 9.72in of rainfall, just shy of the record 9.86in recorded in 1958. And...

Torrential rain wreaked havoc on the island’s roads yesterday with widespread flooding causing significant damage to the airport and making areas no-go zones. The severe downpours caused ceilings to fall in and water to cascade through light fixtures...

Businesses in the Bull’s Head car park area have called on more to be done by the Bermuda Government to maintain the canal that causes flooding when there is a heavy downpour. Marshall DeCouto, owner of Wise, Body Wellness on Canal Road, said that ...

Flood-prone Pembroke businesses are counting the cost after a persistent backlog of dirty water once again drowned a section of Cemetery Lane. “It’s never been this bad,” said Jennifer McCarron, of Animal and Garden House, surveying the days-old wate...

A Paget man had a narrow escape during yesterday’s thunderstorms when a lightning bolt struck a tree just a few feet from where he stood. Lloyd Smith described himself as the “luckiest man in Bermuda” after he escaped the strike unscathed. Mr Smith, ...

Bermuda will participate in a tsunami response exercise tomorrow to test its readiness for such a disaster. The initiative, titled ‘Caribe Wave 16’, will simulate an earthquake off the northern coast of Hispaniola. The resulting exercise tsunami wa...

The Bermuda Government has pledged to clean the canal that has contributed to flooding problems in the Mill Creek area, according to local businesses. Mill Creek Road firms said they had received a letter from the Government last Friday, indicating i...

A group of Mill Creek Road businesses and residents are set to meet with a Government engineer next week to discuss flooding in the area. While the Mill Creek group has called on the Government to act on the longstanding issue, claiming the high wate...

Mill Creek residents and businesses say flooding in Pembroke is more than an inconvenience — it’s a safety hazard. Ed Faries of Tops Ltd, one of 20 Mill Creek Road businesses and residents who have come together to protest at a lack of action, said t...